By Jon Weisman
The Dodgers will go with eight relievers and a bench of five players on their 2014 National League Division Series roster.
Here’s how it breaks down:
Starting pitchers (4): Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Dan Haren
Relief pitchers (8): Pedro Baez, Scott Elbert, Carlos Frias, J.P. Howell, Brandon League, Kenley Jansen, Brian Wilson, Jamey Wright
Starting lineup (8): A.J. Ellis, Adrian Gonzalez, Dee Gordon, Hanley Ramirez, Juan Uribe, Carl Crawford, Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp
Reserves (5): Drew Butera, Andre Ethier, Miguel Rojas, Justin Turner, Scott Van Slyke
Jon (@sportsbystein)
Thought Barney would make the roster as some defensive insurance.
Mark Eggan (@y2kcbr)
Such a hard decision to choose the 25. Line up looks great
Aaron David Gleason
Elbert over PACO???? WHAT!!!!???
Mike Weber (@mweb)
Barney will be missed on defense… Dee Gordon didn’t impress there down the stretch and making those plays at 2B is going to decide a game or two.
Leo Gutierrez
Leaving Darwin Barney off the roster is a mistake.
Gail Johnson (@GJOH29)
Count me among those surprised at the Paco omission. I also think Barney needed to be there for his glove, although it would be hard to squeeze him in among this line-up. Possibly over Ethier, but he’s been decent as a pinch hitter.
jdlamberti
Rojas over Barney? Mistake
Shin Zhang
BRANDON CANCER LEAGUE….I DONT BELIEVE
Chris Ostlind
I like the blue chair, no, no… wait a minute… Instead, I like the green chair and then put it over there, next to all the others. Hold-on, will ya, I changed my mind I want the yellow chair over by the blue chair and then the rest can be arranged over here.
Good grief. This is already one terrific ball club.
David Mayer
It is one tough decision but I’ll just have to put some faith in Mattingly. He’s got us this far!!!!!
Sammy Samuelson
Just remembering how the 1963 Dodger Team were 13 games out of first place, and then pushed on to win not only the Division Title, they also won the first four games of the ” World Series ” , beating the New York Yankees !!